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band

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. It was released on

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in February 1993. It contains live recordings of material from the band's previous three studio albums, ''Stop the Bleeding'' (1990), ''

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'' (1991), and '' Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance'' (1992), as well as covers of "The Tempter" from

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's ''Psalm 9'' album and "The Messiah" from

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's ''Detonation'' album. Les Carlsen, Bloodgood's vocalist, was a special guest vocalist since Tourniquet vocalist Guy Ritter departed from the band prior to the recording of this album. Victor Macias, Gary Lenaire, and Erik Mendez also perform vocals. Session notes by

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, the album's executive producer, and a biography of Tourniquet are included in the bookle

''Intense Live Series, Vol. 2'' was later included as part of the ''Intense Live Series'' compilation, which also contained ''Vol. 1'' by Deliverance (metal band), Deliverance and ''Vol. 4'' by

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, and released on

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in 1998.

Track listing

: appears on '' Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance'' (

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version (1993) and ''Collector's Edition'' remaster (2020))

Personnel

Tourniquet * Ted Kirkpatrick - drums, percussion * Gary Lenaire - lead guitar, rhythm guitar, vocals *Erik Mendez - lead guitar, rhythm guitar, vocals *Victor Macias - bass guitar, vocals Guest musician *Les Carlsen (

) - vocals Additional personnel *Executive producer: Terry Taylor *Engineered by Gene Eugene *Recorded January 9 and 10, 1993 at The Green Room, California *Mixed January 17 and 18, 1993 at Mixing Lab A, Garden Grove, California *Mastered by Doug Doyle at Digital Brothers, California *Art direction: Brian Godawa *Design: Joe Potter *A&R direction: Matthew Duffy

References

External links

* {{Tourniquet Tourniquet (band) albums 1993 live albums Live thrash metal albums